Commodities
PrimaryUranium, Vanadium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
StructureUravan Mineral Belt, Sage Plain Terrace, Dolores Anticline, Dove Cr. Anticline, Monticello Syncline
Tectonic settingColorado Platform
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1959
Identification
Deposit ID10012412
MRDS IDD008025
Alternate namesDeremo-Snyder Mine, Deremo Shafts, Snyder Shaft
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.93611, -109.0354
References
HAYNES, D.D., VOGEL, J.D., AND WYANT, D.G., 1972, GEOLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE CORTEZ QUADRANGLE, COLORADO AND UTAH: USGS I-629.NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, P. 414, 442-443.SHAWE, D.R., SIMMONS, G.C., AND ARCHBOLD, N.L., 1968, STRATIGRAPHY OF SLICK ROCK DISTRICT AND VICINITY, SAN MIGUEL AND DOLORES COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 576-A.COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.ANN. PRODUCTION 1973-78 FROM COLO. DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS; CUMUL. PROD. 1957-71 FROM NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS (1978)